The OnePlus 15T launches with a huge battery and punchy price tag — but its global launch is already in doubt

• The OnePlus 15T is official — at least in China
• There are fresh doubts about OnePlus's international operations
• Operations continue to 'proceed as normal' OnePlus says

After several weeks of teases, the OnePlus 15T is now official, blurring the boundaries between mid-rangers and flagships — though there are an increasing number of doubts that the handset will ever find its way outside of China.

Before we get to the doubts though, let's do the specs. The OnePlus 15T comes with a relatively small 6.32-inch display but a huge 7,500 mAh capacity battery, and is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and either 12GB or 16GB of RAM.

The storage options are 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB, and there's a dual-lens 50MP+50MP camera on the back, as well as a 16MP selfie cam. You'll find some nods to mobile gamers here, including a vapor chamber cooling system and a display refresh rate that goes all the way up to 165 Hz.

As for pricing, the handset starts at CNY 4,299 (roughly $625 / £465 / AU$895), though as mentioned above, it's not clear if this phone is going to get a global launch like many of its predecessors – including the excellent OnePlus 15.

Is OnePlus retreating?

Rumors that OnePlus is about to shutter operations in the US and Europe have been swirling for a while, but fresh whispers have been doing the rounds after OnePlus India CEO Robin Liu stepped down from his post.

Yes, that's the same Robin Lui who said it was business as usual for OnePlus back in January, after the first wave of speculation hit that the company would be focusing exclusively on China in the future — so not a particularly positive sign for operations in other international territories.

"Existing business operations for OnePlus Europe continue to proceed as normal," a OnePlus representative told TechRadar in a statement. "All users' after-sales support, software updates, and rights commitments are fully guaranteed."

It would be a shame if OnePlus pulled its products from international markets – it makes some of the best phones around, in our opinion – but we're living through tough times for tech and economies in general.

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